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B4016 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 5 December 1987 at 20:53 involving a car

A car crashed on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse at 20:53 on Saturday 5 December 1987. A 24-year-old male passenger, a 25-year-old female passenger and a 25-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1987
Saturday, 20:53
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63947, longitude -1.24116, in the OX14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198743F014127
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4016
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198743F014127 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 1987.